Our ugly dream house became the Money Pitt. If you have never seen the movie and are in house repairs it will either give you a much needed laugh or you may end up sobbing like a toddler before nap time realizing just how parrell your life is to theirs.
That's what I kept thinking when we had to do something else to the house. However the strain that it put on our marriage was unbelievable. Any chances of us putting anything in savings went right out of the 1980's aluminum windows that I still have cause its not cheap to purchase new ones folks!
We have done little things to repair the house but there are A LOT of stuff that still needs its final touches that we just put off for the sake of our sanity and family. There are things that still make my eye twitch (that damn board above the microwave) but we haven't won the lottery and NOBODY in our families are giving us 100k in the next year to do it all.
Where are we as a family/couple??? There are moments that are still filled with strain when we both see something that we feel is hideous or we want to go somewhere but you know our savings is at like .17 after interest. I try to focus on the fact that we are healthy and that the house is safe and build our love around that. I also remind myself that to get a brand spanking new house with the same acreage we have now would cost over 800k so as long as my house doesn't turn into the image below, I guess we are good right?!?!?
That's what I kept thinking when we had to do something else to the house. However the strain that it put on our marriage was unbelievable. Any chances of us putting anything in savings went right out of the 1980's aluminum windows that I still have cause its not cheap to purchase new ones folks!
We have done little things to repair the house but there are A LOT of stuff that still needs its final touches that we just put off for the sake of our sanity and family. There are things that still make my eye twitch (that damn board above the microwave) but we haven't won the lottery and NOBODY in our families are giving us 100k in the next year to do it all.
Where are we as a family/couple??? There are moments that are still filled with strain when we both see something that we feel is hideous or we want to go somewhere but you know our savings is at like .17 after interest. I try to focus on the fact that we are healthy and that the house is safe and build our love around that. I also remind myself that to get a brand spanking new house with the same acreage we have now would cost over 800k so as long as my house doesn't turn into the image below, I guess we are good right?!?!?
“Even miracles take a little time” -Fairy Godmother